Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Financial update

Something I do see as a tight area in my immediate future is finances.  I know that God will take care of me as He has told me clearly that He will provide - and I have been amazed watching it.   But I am seeing the trial a bit more clearly now.   This weekend I am heading up to Flint, Michigan for a Wedding.  I will drive to Indiana (about 5 hours) on Friday and stay with relatives.  Then on Saturday I will drive to Flint (about 2-3 hours) for a Hog Roast (I think that's what they said it was) then I will drive back to Indiana.  Sunday I will drive back up Flint for the wedding and reception, and then I will head back to Indiana.   After that I plan to head back to Illinois (about a 5-ish hour drive).   Here's my dilemma that I realized yesterday: I don't have any money to pay for fuel for that trip.  My bank account currently has $95 in it.  I just received a notice/bill in the mail reminding me that I have to renew my vehicle license, which will cost $101.   God has told me that He will provide and I really want to trust that, but I am having a harder time seeing it now as it is directly affecting me in a harder way.  I have thought about selling some coins from my collection to help cover the cost, but I keep getting the feeling that is not how God wants to provide.  I feel like He doesn't want me to sell them now, as they are something I will need (or want) later on.  I was also hoping to make a trip down to Texas to spend some time with my parents and sister (about a 14 hour drive nonstop, no traffic, each way), but I'm thinking I may need to wait until I have the money to do that - unless God directs me to do so.  With doing some traveling this summer (as I have already been to Wisconsin (about 3 hours away), Canada (about 10 hours away) and Indiana (about 5-6 hours away) I didn't think that I would be able to get a job this summer.   However I feel that I will need one this fall, while I am in school.  Though I am worried about how much time I will have for a job with all my homework - I do fear that it will be very overwhelming and too stressful.   But in the end, I know that God is more.  I know that God is in control.  I know that He will provide and hold me up.  He will never let me go, He will never forsake me.   I know that I am His, and He is mine.    I know that I have nothing to worry about and nothing to fear about.   And though in times like this, I feel like I need to let everything out and just say where I am, I know that God is with me and will help me and has a plan for me.   God is good, He is perfect in all His ways.

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